In Minneapolis, City Fortified After Chauvin Guilty Verdict
More than 3,000 National Guard soldiers, along with police officers, state police, sheriffs deputies, and other law enforcement personnel have flooded the city in recent days.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Just outside the entrance to Smile Orthodontics, in a Minneapolis neighborhood of craft breweries and trendy shops, two soldiers in jungle camouflage and body armor were on watch, assault rifles slung over their backs. Snow flurries blew around them. A few steps away at the Iron Door Pub, three more National Guard soldiers and a Minneapolis police officer stood out front, watching the street. A handful of other soldiers were scattered nearby,…
